Resources and Links

A list of resources for the novice fruit grower or cidermaker, the industry professional, and those who simply wish to visit Vintage Viginia Apples & Albemarle Ciderworks and dip their toes in the pool of fruit-related knowledge.

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Organizations

Heritage Harvest Festivalhttp://www.southernexposure.com/HHF/index.htmlHeritage Harvest Festival, held annually in September at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Vintage Virginia Apples is one of the sponsors and participants in this event.

North American Fruit Explorershttp://www.nafex.org/about.phpNorth American Fruit Explorers "is a network of individuals throughout the United States and Canada devoted to the discovery, cultivation and appreciation of superior varieties of fruits and nuts." Organized in the 1960s as a round robin letter correspondence among fruit enthusiasts, NAFEX meets annually in different parts of the country to explore topics of interest. It includes interest groups on many fruits, but apples remain a major theme. It's journal, POMONA, is published online.

California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG)www.crfg.orgCalifornia Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) has a general interest in all aspects of fruit growing with a primary focus on semitropical fruits and on fruits and vegetables.

Horticultural Information Sites

Penn State Extensionhttp://extension.psu.edu/gardening/fphgPenn State Extension “Fruit Production for the Home Gardener has been developed as a resource for people who wish to produce fruit on a small scale (one acre or less) and who are not legally licensed to use pesticides.”

The Virtual Orchardhttp://www.virtualorchard.net/ The Virtual Orchard is a dedicated World Wide Web site for sustainable apple production. It provides a forum for research and extension projects dealing with commercial apple production and marketing issues.

USDA - Agricultural Research Station PGRUhttp://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/NoAtlantic/Geneva/ The USDA - Agricultural Research Station PGRU helps conserve and utilize genetic resources of apples and other fruits, and is located on the Geneva Campus of Cornell University.

Penn State Horticulture Departmenthttp://plantscience.psu.edu/directory/rpm12The Penn State Horticulture Department has a wealth of information. Visit the faculty biographies to meet Rich Marini, a presenter at the Orchard Planning and Planting Workshop hosted by Vintage Virginia Apples.

The Ballyshannon Fundhttp://www.ballyshannonfund.com/index.htmlThe Ballyshannon Fund, dedicated to the promotion of rural economics and creative means to appreciate, conserve, and maintain working farmland and professionally-managed timber land. The Fund sponsors the Ballyshannon Fund Forum at Piedmont Virginia Community College.

West Virginia University's Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Centerhttp://www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville/wvufarm1.htmlWest Virginia University's Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center is devoted to research plantings, with numerous orchard blocks established specifically for investigations in the areas of horticulture, entomology, and plant pathology.

Appalachian Fruit Research Station (AFRS)http://afrsweb.usda.gov/Appalachian Fruit Research Station (AFRS) studies critical problems of temperate fruit production.

New York State Fruit Quarterlyhttp://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/hort/fq/ This publication is a joint effort of the New York State Horticultural Society, Cornell University's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, and the New York State Apple Research and Development Program.

Fruit Catalogs and Libraries

Brogdalehttp://www.brogdale.org/ Brogdale’s “A World of Fruit,” home of the National Fruit Collection for the UK. This site has descriptions for over 2,000 varieties of apples, many with pictures of the exterior and interior of the fruit.

Tullens Fruit Farmhttp://www.tullens.co.ukQuality British heirloom apples and apple juice are produced at Tullens Fruit Farm in Sussex, England. The site includes a pictorial catalog of the apple varieties grown there.

Celebrating America's Unique Apple Diversity: Selected Literaturehttp://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/srb1002.shtml This bibliography is a selected compilation from the rich pool of information resources at the National Agricultural Library about heirloom apples.

Monticelle Avenuehttp://avenue.org/ An online community network serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County. It includes links to a comprehensive list of community services, community events and tourist attractions, places to stay, and other resources.

Crossroads Innhttp://www.crossroadsinn.com The Inn at the Crossroads is less than a mile from Vintage Virginia Apples and offers attractive accomadations and rates for those attending our events. The recently-renovated guest house at Rural Ridge Orchard is available through this site. Make your reservations for one of our upcoming events. Highly recommended.